If you thought it didn’t make sense to visit the Android Market to rent a video for viewing on your TV or purchase music for your PC, apparently you weren’t alone. Google is combining the Android Market, Google Music, Google eBookstore, and video rentals into a new service called Google Play. It’s a one-stop-shop for nearly every type of media Google offers, including apps, games,… Read more »

Google has released a major update to Google Docs for Android, bringing the ability to create and edit documents using a new native Android editor, support for rich text formatting, and real-time collaboration, allowing you to see edits other users have made to a document almost immediately. That’s the good news. The less good news is that: The native editor only works with documents, not… Read more »

The default web browser on Android phones and tablets uses the same WebKit rendering engine as the Google Chrome web browser for desktop and laptop computers. But it’s not Chrome. But today Google has launched the first version of Chrome for Android. It looks like the desktop version of Chrome and features the same omnibox that lets you enter a URL or a search query — with… Read more »

It seems like every other day there’s a new story about some new virus, spyware, or other malware-ridden app finding its way into the Google Android Market, and potentially millions of Android phones and tablets. But just because the Android Market is the Wild West compared to Apple’s App Store walled garden where every app must be approved by hand, doesn’t mean Google doesn’t take… Read more »

Google has started to push out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Samsung Nexus S smartphone. The new software is designed for the GSM/UMTS versions of the phone and over the next few weeks users should receive notifications that an over-the-air update is available. But you don’t necessarily have to wait. The folks at xda-developers have found the official OTA update package and posted… Read more »

Google is expanding the Android Market to include music. You can now purchase songs and albums in 320kbps MP3 format from the Android Market on the web. An updated Android Market app for Android 2.2 and up is also starting to roll out. This means you can now purchase music, movies, books, and apps from the Android Market. But while Google says there are 8… Read more »

Google has released an updated version of the native Gmail app for iOS. It’s now available as a free download from the App Store. The Gmail app initially launched about two weeks ago, but Google pulled it almost immediately after users reported that push notifications weren’t working and an error message popped up whenever they first launched the app. I’ve been using the app on… Read more »

Google is holding an event on November 16th where the company is expected to launch a music store. But TecnoDroidVe has already managed to get a sneak peek at the Android version of the upcoming music store. It looks like the music store will be built into the next version of the Google Android Market. In other words, Android phone and tablet users will have… Read more »

It’s been about four years since the iPhone hit the market, and more than three years since the App Store opened for business. So it’s about time Google finally got around to releasing a native Gmail app for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad… which is exactly what the company did today. Update: The app has been pulled from the App Store temporarily while Google… Read more »

There’s a rumor going around that Google has finally developed an official Gmail app for iOS and submitted it to Apple for approval. It will allow users to send and receive email without firing up a web browser — and it will support push email, which is something the web app simply can’t do. Don’t get me wrong, Google’s mobile web apps for Gmail, Google… Read more »